This is part of a series of collections about alterhumanity. The other collections in the series are:
This particular collection has other people's games, zines, and other materials that are about, inspired by, or have themes related to fictionkin, fictives, experience-taking, and other fictionfolk and experiences of fictionality. What does that mean? The following definition is an excerpt from "A list of some alterhuman identities and groups," an article that I helped co-author:
"Fictionfolk is an umbrella term for many sorts of identities that come partly or wholly from fiction. Fictionkin identify as characters or species from fiction, and their community started in the early 2000s. A plural system member with origins from fiction is a fictive, which psychologists call a fictional introject. When someone has the brief experience of becoming someone or something from fiction, that’s a fictionflicker, which psychologists call experience-taking."
On my profile, you can find more collections that I have curated.
Content: Rated PG for some swear words.
Medium: A narrative comic book personal zine, full color, for reading on screen.
Duration: 13 pages, with front cover.
Accessibility: Some text is intentionally overlapping, obscured, low contrast, or otherwise difficult or partially impossible to read, because of legitimate reasons of artistic expression. Not screen reader compatible.
Story: A plural system broods about things while driving home from work. They worry among themselves about feeling overworked and lonely, and wanting to share meaningful experiences with others who care about them. This leads to a brief but very difficult dissociative experience. (The system members are depicted as nonhuman creatures. Several of them are fictives, that is, they came from a world that is known here as fiction, and they have some dialog about that.)
Vibe: intense, clamorous, stressful, moody, wistful, but (mild spoiler) ends on a wholesome note.
Content: Unrated. I haven't tried this yet, so explore with caution.
Rated G. A sci-fi novel where a fictional character from a VR game ends up sharing a player's body. Plural Stories review.
A Bitsy game about identifying with creatures cast as villains in fantasy. Thoughtful, powerful, meaningful.
A solo journaling game, inspired by alterhuman experiences, especially nonhuman and fictionkin.
The second volume of these true stories is about an abusive group centered on fictionkin.
